The Sun. — London, England, 1818-08-12 00:00:00

FOR 'HIE SUN. `LITERARY REV! E FUDGE FAMILY 'IN PARIS, &c. &c. Enyrott,—Cominon Reviewers seem to balk straight forward, over looking hack to take . a second .view of what they ha ve once examined ; but wh,, way he considered as a kind of fugitiye lii vi wee, a vol , mteci C►tslC, not regnlarlydrilled info the tacirt: of petiodieal cetisorship,, may sue lv he allowed an oerasional peep oye-r your shoulder ; a second. glance of cons.!deration„ to s•itibly yourself whether your firs; opinion was quite right, or stauds in n-e,l of some Correction. Von do not, I ee, Il know, preterato as their High Nlightines,es, the P.•rj,:dieal Wi t ,* always have pretended, god therefore will not he unwilling to publish second thottght.i, a little dif lei ing Irons your first opinion. To what, yon will say, does this preface lead ? Tu nothing inure than a few more Remarks on,t he popular Letters of time Fund-FAMILY. For po pular we must allow any work to he that goes 10 an eighth edition in less than half a year, have .already contess , d, that .the rulogium upon deed • whieh appeared in one rif-yow!yaperS,. was inadvertently admitted ; an asse rt • no one will hesitate to believe i :who ; _knows the soundness of your principles both in politics and morality, not to mention othEr .timings of higher iMportatiCe:' litit,`Sir,Jnyobjeet is not to . meddle much with either .polities or morality, however culpably. ,that' wolli,rmay a•ppear •to rite - . (sad doubtless would-to. you -if- .you had' 'read it) in both tbose.respects; I mean principally-to:in sist that it, is a vile composition:C-ord Worst of all bad imitations. of the Bath Guide, of whje . h there have been more had-imitations than'Of any other work ; that it is unworthy of the charac ter of- its author, and of the patronage of the public; particularly unwotthy of the praise which some friend, too civil by, half, induced you to pub lish for him., Yet I have allowed thlit the book is, I should rather say has been, popular. Now what is it that giies sudden popularity to a new. work The name of a favoured. author ; the name and active assistance of a favoured publisher ; abuse of public men and public measures; .for which even the sound part of society have, at this mo ment, a depraved and green-sickness appetite; and lastly, sarcasm and ill-nature in general, for which the apnet ite -is little less 'e xtensive. These things are sufficient, abundantly, to give sudden and po pular circulation to any work not very expensive. True judgment lags behind ; and by the time six or seven editions have been sold, there may be hardly seven of the purchasers who do not repent their bargain, and heartily despise the catch which bag ensnared their penny. That this account strictly applies to the Fudge romi/m, or will very speedily apply to it, I have riot time smallest doubt ; and it will he the aninse meat of a few spare moments to me, and I hope to your Readers, to point out why it ought to *WY. When I mentioned the name of a favoured au thor, I did not forget that the Fudges appeared under a feigned name, that of " Thomas Brown, the Younger, Author of the Twopenny-Post Bag," and he indeed professing only to he the editor. lint the author of the Twvenyty-Post Bog has long been as well known as the author of T. Little's- Poems, or any other modern poet : and as he is. deservedly celebrated and popular fur some of his . productions, notwithstanding Ilia political twists and national prejudices, the celebrity of " Thomas . Brown the Younger" immediately rose to the height at which the author stood under any other of bit names. That his publishers were also la .rnous will not be denied by any one who reads the subscription of Longman and Co. at the bottom of the title. Of the ether points more ac som e future 'opportunity.—Yours, 80-PEEP. *lt is proper to observe, that the Ltrertio 11.GvtEw in this Paper is the production of several contributors. They May therefore allowably assume the " Periodical W SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM, JULY 31. The States of the kingdom being yesterday as sembled at the Castle, his MAJESTY athltessed them in the following speech : " Gentlemen,—During the eight months that you have been assembled near the throne, I have constantly obset ved, with the most lively interest, the spirit of your deliberations. It some delays have retarded your progress, men of sagacity have felt that they owed their existence more to the difficulties with which you are surrounded, and the importance of the objects which come under your review, titan to the defects of your social or ganization. But these delays have nut been lost in their relation to the future and to experience. Let us hope that the future Diets of the kingdom will profit by them, by deriving front them that activity and perfection to their deliberations and their administrative march. During the course of this Session, the People and their Representa tives have developed great public: spirit ; , aud I have the satisfaction of seeing, that in separating, you are all convinced that a Nation which owes its political advancement to a glory justly ac quired, to laws which consecrate the origin and the true legitimacy of its rights, can never re nounce them but with honour, or by ceasing to exist. Generations and empires succeed each other and disappear ; but the principles of eternal truth are independent of time and events. If pre judices attempt to oppose and to extinguish them, the struggle serves only at last to give greater glory to their triumph. " The union with Norway is consolidating every day. The force of circumstances, the sa credness of oaths and mutual interests, guarantee its stability and .duration. Passions disappear, because the people wish to live in tranquillity under the empire of the laws. Reason tells them that the duration of their liberties and of their indepeudence is founded on immovable and con stitutional confidence between the two nations. I thank you, Gentlemen, for having given to the Norwegian people a new pledge o f the constancy of your attachment towards them. The law which you have adopted, without discussion, regarding the respect due to their rights and . institutions, is an undeniable proof that you have no other wi:h, t,o other desire, than to maintain the political , union between the two nations of the Penimula. Since von '!Live been assembled, two events, which can not have escaped youl l observ a ti o n, h av e g i ven newforce to those principles which serve as a basis to the Collipact Which unites Scandinavia to its constjtotional A great Monarch, sup .ported in the it gistYlhis power, has given a Cohn try to a .p . potolv, as interesting by theirmisroi tunes as illustrious front their ancient glory . The Sove reign.of Oiieof the considerable States of the Ger- Manic Coitlitieration has conferred upon his coun trya representative - Constitution. These blessings Lies:towed n'pOn e nitioni are a striking homage ren d'Oed,to ptople,. who, in investing' their Kings with a :power Winded on confidence, tave, never trieless, refn.sed (o" abandnis to chance or the caprice 4theintUre, the prosperity, the honour, and the existence of their descendants. 4 l•Gentlinteri, before - parting with you, my heart still feels the necessity of declating to you afresh its re g rets. for The - . n 1 a. beloved King, who kiiat..Ourfitther, and who honoured me with the son, and friend. fine spirit will never •eease-t' o - inspire -me ; it will serve me as g uide in 'aft my l shall think of what I ;e z ,dcd„ and of - wAat be would have dune, had Pio, videnee prolonged lik.Fdayi.. s loss was fol lowed 'b'y atkithir, whasrunit: he'Antibly felt by us. II is sponse i)i tt ly survived himfor,afew months. During the wl;ole peiind of their long union she eonstntlrentleavonriol to pronibte , the happiness of her alignschnsband. tJkis.trecount her me mory ni g ht to be - eqoalliliNar to us. There was joined likewise ttsentiment:of attachment and ten- derness towardame; which heigktens• my regrets. • " Members of the Order of Nobility,—Your titles will suggest to you fine recollections and.brilliant examples. You will march at the head of your • fellow-citizens for the defence of the state, if it shall have need ' - of your courage and your pa'- triotism ; and if it requires your counsels, you will give them with frankness and good faith. Gentleinen qf the Clerical Order,—Your will guide your brethren in the exercise of the Chris tian virtues, the chief proiluctionsof social order, and of the- happiness of all.. God will inspire •you With the sentiments which must secure the trinity!) of your religious efforts. The illumina tion of the age widens more and more the ,empire of toleration. The Scandinavian clergy have given one of the first examples of it. " Members of the Order of Citizens,—The gene ral peace gives a new activity to your industry and to your commercial relations : it must in crease the resources of - the state. In making your operations, always proceed in concert with the national prosperity ; you will procure for your ,fortunes a permanent stability, while by your pa triotism you will secure for yourselves the finest recompense to which a good citizen can aspire. " Good and Honourable Members of the Order of Peasants,—May Heaven bless the patient la bours of the husbandman; . .and may the order which you represent live- in - dependent- and happy under the shield of the. laws. Depend upon the tender and paternal interest of your King. Pre serve the courage, the loyalty, and the energy which distinguished your lathers, and Sweden will never reckon within her limits any subjects but men who enjoy freedom, and who deserve to it. enjoy _ -4 i - Adieu, Gentlemen, return to your families, and enjoy there till the happiness which your King can wish to good citizens. Yon know my anxiety for-the prosperity of our country, but, this prosperi►y cannot be.d o nrahle till our momentary cirenlation has recovered its credit. This credit is the principal prop of social order. When maintained with ►liscernment and wisdom, it en riches the State, at the same .tiw►e that it betters the condition of all classes of the citizens. You know, then, all that yotir country requires of us, and what are the useful and important resolutions which remain for us to take-. No effort shall ap pear to me painful to obtain that grand result. I shall never be happy till it is obtained ; and to obtain it, 1 shall not hesitate, if circumstances require it, to surround myself with the National Representation, even before the epoch fixed by the Constitution." In the afternoon, grand deputations from the different Orders presented their homage to the King and the Prince Royal, and his Majesty an swered each in an appropriate manner ; but as these answers were merely echoes of the addresses presented to him, and contained only a repetition of the sentiments expressed in the above speech, it is unnecessary here to produce them. CZ Ever ready, through the channel of our Paper, to give publicity to institutions where the real welfare of mankind is intended, it is with pleasure we can inform our Readers a Pub lication of importance will shortly make its ap pearance from the Medical Board in Great Char lotte -street, Blackfriars-road, containing 'Practi cal Observations.on prevailing Diseases. A Pub lication emanating from that Establishment no doubt will he read with avidity by those who have been afflicted, and perhaps improperly treated by persons unacquainted with an important branch of the profession ; it will, also be useful to Stu dents and young Practitioners.—Messrs. Cootie R and Co. after forty years practice in vations Hos pitals abroad and in this metropolis, are consulted daily at ‘Voodstock-street, Oxford -street, and at the Medical Board, Charlotte-House, Great Char- . lotte-street,Blackfriars-road, precisely from twelve until eight in the evening, where advice is given gratis on Tuesday, Thursday, aad Sunday morn ings, until twelve o'clock.—Letters, stating: par ticulars, and containing'a consulting fee, imme diately attended to. It was lately stated that a vessel bad been fitted up and moored in the River as a Chapel for Sea men to hear Divine Service : last Sunday the con gregation on board consisted of from 500 to 600 person.), of whom 300 were seamen, and most of the others were the relatives of seamen. It was a pleasing Scene when the 'ship's boats were coating from the upper and l ow er P r iol, bringing the crews of the vessels to public worship ; and when these boats were made fast all round the vessel, from whence the praises of ALMIGHTY GOD were heard tin the RiVer to a great distance,. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Periormerl Last Night. Ktvn's Doti Giovanni. End of the First Act, the new Dfcrttisetrent. After the Opera, Tamerlane et. Bajaict. THEATRE 110YAL, FLIYMARKET.--A Cure for the Hcart-Ael , e:' Yonn4 hapid, Mr. Jones; Miss Vortex, Mrs. Gibbs. After which, The Critic. MEATRE 114 , 1" A EN(MISI-1 OPERA, STRAW).—The Ameri cans ; Captain Wilmot. Mr. Pcarnmn • Louisa, Mrs. IL Kethble. After which, The Deserter of Naples. TO CORRESPONDENTS. A CERTIPICATED CONVEYANCER, not an ATTORe'r or a BAR RISTER, To-morrow. Also, NI TON on the NATIONAL aeon and LtrertAßY REVIEW. 4 6 * ForSitErrtmo ELECTION DINNER, c ee the Last Page. MAILc Alum/ . En-4 SVaterford, I fiainbin'gli. DUE-1 Dublin, I Sweden, 1 Lisbon. PRINCE, of WALES BnßlNT.—Holidav at the Bank, Exchequer, East India, and South Sea Houses. I - 11CH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE Tg-Njognow. Morning, 48 minutes after 11. F Evening, 13 anilines after 1/. THE SUN. 110 LEM QUIS DIVElte .FALSUM AVM:AT ? LONDON, • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1318. We teceired this morning the Paris . P4pers of Sunday last„ The Moniteut contains ek Royal Or-_ donnance of considerable length,.for regulating the administration the gunpowder and salt pets e establishments. The following are extracts : " PARIS, AUG. 9.—The King transacted busi ness yesterday with the Duke de Richelieu. " The Duchess of Brunswick "intern was yes terday presented to Madame and the Princes. " T! ►.e Duke of Gloucester visited Rochelle 'a few days since. His Royal Highness callvd at the house of the Lieutenant-General-Command , ant of the Division, and announced 'himself as a superior English Officer, who did not wish to pass near Rochelle without landing and paying a, visit to the General in Command. lie was received.by.. the Governor with the greatest politeness anti courtesy, and the rank of the august traveller be? ing soon discoveted, the General requested per mission to accompany him in his promenade, ant invited • the Duke to dinner, which •his Rona Highnrss•dccepted. His Royal Highness set.Ou' the same evening at half past six. He was to visit Rochefort on. the 4th instant, and then pro ceed to , Bourdeaux. " The excessive beat recently iseerieneed has given rise to' several meterological observations of some interest. It is remarkahle that .the heat has been nearly equal throughout Europe under all latitudes. The thermometers at Rome, at Berlin, at Madrid, at Vienna, at 'Marseilles; and at London, being very nearly at the same height. " M. Rothschild, Banker of Paris, has hired an hotel at Aix-la-Chapelle, at the rate of 250 francs, (101. Gs. Bd.) per day. " Mr. Baring arrived some days since at Paris. FIVE PER CENTS. Saturday 7B f. 30c. DEFEIIIIRD STOCK of the 23d March, 1817, BB f. 15 c. 22d Sept. 1817, st; I. 13 c. • -2.1 d March, 1318, B4 1. 15c. " NUREMBERG, AUG. 1.--Letters from Bohemia announce the arrival of the Count de Capo d'lstria at Carlsbad. He will remain there unt it the ar rival of his August Sovereign the Emperor of Russia, whom he will accompany to the Con gress of Aix-la•Chapelle. COPENHAGEN, JULY 2s.—Their Majesties, and the two Princesses their daughters, arrived, in the evening of the 25th inst., at the chateau of Fredericksberg, on their return from their journey in Holstein. " lIAMBURGII, JULY 28.—An English slip from Greenland states baring met the North Pole expedition near Spitzbergen, in lat.. 79. Bi. ail the crev'i were in the best health. Captain Kotiebne, who luis by this time arrived at Cron stadt, was unable to penetrate, on the side of Behrings. Straits' beyond 70. where he was stopped by a rampart of ice. Lie was not a bl e to .donble either Cape Szalatzki in Asia, or Icy Cape, in America. " The last Russian Charts indicate, that, ac cording to obsenations made on the spot, New Siberia is not a Continent, but a group of three large Islands, wVich extendsto 77°, and beyond which tvas an Icy Sea. This circumstance Kerns to confirm the hypothesis that Greenland is mere ly a large Island, that Baffins Bay is open to the North, and that there is no Continent at the Pole. According to the Russian Charts, the Coasts of Siberia have been hitherto placed a little too much to the North." The Letter from our Correspondent at Paris received this day, gives a strange account of the Tascillßting and uncertain state of the French Go vernment. As it appears to be determined that the Allied Troops shall he rcwoved from France, We hope that the predictions of our Correspon ;on dent win be ye; Hied ;1, tbe consequent intr°` ) ' lcti o of a more stable Government, and improved Pe- and happiness among the people. Lord CASTLEREAGH, as we stated on Safe l.4 " l ooi r does not,. as reported, leave town inimediat el l'o The tongreSs or Sovereigns is not to ' Weil : till Septe t nn er . A s s ome P otentates , acco r d to rep ort , mean t o att e n d o n t h e ocess i6 ii o ; though not invited, and, i n d ee d, rather d isc° raged, we wonder whether or not M:Brtatißotill. will he one of the number. These great SuPP°r' ' tees of legitimate Sovereignty would and there/ selves rath e r awkwardly s i t u a ted un der suc b intrusion,. r.ttictilarly if t h e i n jured Gus lAvtig ; %chos e only offence was the resolute stiPP tut° legitimate M onarc h y, w h et , a i l the.: rest of 111., Royal B an d h a d s u b m i tte d to t h e contr oul of tb e Usurper o f F rance, s h ou l d a l so a ttend an d claim th e restoration of his ii,htful t hrone. But con s id er i ng t h e ease w i t h w hi c h they ais : posed of a pact of the Kingdom of Saxony , it i t ptoballe that no Hide delicacies will int erfell to disturb their operations in the fature arrange' ment of C ow itiental concerns. W: present; our Readers with Tna Sr °B l which th e P erson w h o st il es hi mse lf the IC.ing SWEDEN recently addressed* to the `States Of. 111 - Kingdom. It is impossible to read this Spee cJ : and reflect on the situation , of that country, "'i d ; oitt feelings o f pi ty b or d er in g on con t em pt• 1.1)1 1 same King, as he is called, thong!: the 13 ' ctu Monarch of the Ununtry is alive, an d thoug h 140 Possessor of his Thron e : arose from the Yell (1164 1 of society, h as the hardihood to complime nt tli t People and'their Representatives on their public spirit,", iatt and ObsiVes, that " N3t , ' which ) :"\s its ,political advancement to a g justly le(1-9iredt. to laws- which corseera!e origin and true legitimacy of its rights," cal m IP' renounce them' but witi t bOnour, by 65 Ce' u po ing to exist." It is almost difficult t o '' e j pose' that these passages w e re not in tercl ; et , for 'th e m ost i nsu l t i ng i rony. W e t h o ttO er ter of Sweden, end hoped when the late V' n ' T died that the nation would have roused ' I P single man, and asserte d i ts iudependence 01-of foreign controul, particularly a s the TY" 111 France is :neither Ale nor willing to rende!„. 301 , 4 support to hi s former minion. This new :1!0,. adverts to the union wi t h N orwa y, another ite stance of enormous oppreshion, in tearing 3 Cls° if try from a Monarch which it loved, to rd nce de to vassallage under a Government vthie h it tested. The Spe ec h manifests grief on the 10 tt of the late U s urp er , an d tou ch es o n th e n e s t , of his Widow, whose end it is well kn°" / 0 0# hastened by deje c ti on on see i ng h er Country j ,O der the dominion of a Foreigner, whose o rigin oe , so different front the illustrious line that 1 1 '' (1 P r sessed the Crown of Sweden. But the Sillij'C sickening, and w e s h a ll l eave t h e Siteec a a n , e c gether to the surprize, the regret, and ti !' tempt of all tha friends of legitimate rig h t s, . of the'honohr of lawful thrones. 4_! t hat Itwas reported i n t h e Ci ty t hi s mor nill " le • Don Lois O NIS , t h e S pan i s h Minister to tor United States of A mer i ca , h a d qu itted W6s icsr ag ton, and set sail for Spain ; but we have w oo that any f u rth er accounts h ave arr i v ed th °l3 t preViousby received,. The Case of Mr. A IttILTTn NOT, V'hi ch 'c in the several Morning Pap er s,. and 551"chp. t o submit to o u r Re a d ers , w i t h ou t pretendillig know whether the stat emen t i s correct , is, r • ever, of so interesting a nature as to (411/9na r deti ticular attention. If t h e w h o l e o f it is fo u Ito in truth, it is in the highest degree disg race° tlte the American Government, but, considering d open avowals o f th a t G overnm ent, as e x P ress , e , the last Message o f th e President to Conge-s- t is by no means calculated to excite sorPr iZ s' h it Sce n Message, as we . observed Oil the d "Y reached town, and appeared in our P a per, - wch tested an ambitio u s and ag gressive sP irit P Jo s t will fully accou n t f or a ll the subsequent eo f A of the mericau Goveriiment if] the se izu • r oge f4 Amelia island , Pensacola, an d other encre ments, to use the mildest terms. I': ' ciii ha t M membered that the esq9ge " red 4 10 8115 would he proper to dispossess the - en i e ne of those lands which it m i g ht be c°rl : l Ter . for the United States to annex to the into r bn t ritories, without c o nd e icending t° en . te e or P stic ti ' m b° any considerations of rightmerely upon the alleged plea the It "'o bits ° f tieneficial to in ink ind to introduce the " bi . , f ie e Civilized Society into place s now Barba! Stidl ss as the onjos t 00 : 1- n - r b et ! plea by which the American Govern—eosine_. forth its intention to se f ze tipot)l ri-occiific; of the Native ,Tribes, who were not I°e" o ld" of having committed any offe nce iba ;Ze tbfir sanction such an unprovoked desig"l° I c t • fr o , Pro 14 ci star DUI al )0, )t.4,4t 13 of 1,1,tt th 11 1 , e lit ue ts t .. 4' 4 1) 1 Ot 1 10 v i triir